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Bashas’ Celebrates Grand Reopening Of North Phoenix Store

Bashas’ celebrated the grand reopening of its 7th Street and Union Hills Drive supermarket (731 E. Union Hills Drive) in north Phoenix, Arizona, on Jan. 10, with the celebration continuing through Saturday, Jan. 13. The newly remodeled store’s expanded offerings include: New value aisles featuring the best deals in the store; A walk-up Starbucks coffee and […]

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Goya Offering Five $20K Scholarships To Culinary, Food Science Students

Goya Foods is offering five $20,000 scholarships, granted annually, to five students entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and/or a food science. One of the five national scholarships will go to a student enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at County Prep High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. Goya’s Culinary […]

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NECSEMA Names Shaer As Its New Executive Director

The New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA) named Jonathan Shaer, former Mutual Oil Co. Inc. VP, as its new executive director effective Jan. 1. Chris Riley, president of Community Service Stations and the current president of NECSEMA, said, “The New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association is very excited to welcome […]

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Big Red’s Hydrive And Xyience Expand With New Flavors, Distribution

Hydrive Energy Water, a zero-calorie energy water, has launched two new flavors, Kiwi Melon and Grape Fusion. The new offerings join four other flavors (Black Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Triple Berry and Citrus Burst) in Hydrive’s line of hydration products with B vitamins and caffeine. Grape Fusion was a fan favorite of Hydrive’s prior full-calorie line. After […]

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Gary Davis Of Russ Davis Wholesale Passes Away At Age 81

Gary Davis, former president and owner of Russ Davis Wholesale (RDW) in Wadena, Minnesota, died at his home Jan. 3 after a long battle with cancer. 2017 marked 60 years since Mr. Davis started selling fresh produce with his father, Russ. “Over the course of 50 years he leveraged a tremendous work ethic, significant smarts, […]

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Aldi Expanding In Florida, California With Stores And New Hires

As part of its $3.4 billion investment to increase its store count to 2,500 by 2022, discount grocer Aldi is opening its first store in Orange Park, Florida, at 661 Blanding Boulevard. To celebrate the opening, Aldi will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 11, at 8:25 a.m. Following the ceremony, the store will […]

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Raw Honey Producer Rice’s Honey Names Former Teasdale Exec CCO

Rice’s Honey, a producer of U.S.-only raw and unfiltered honey for the retail, club and foodservice channels, has named Cale Nelson as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). Nelson, a graduate of SMU Cox School of Business, is a 15-year CPG executive and brings with him an extensive proven track record of “igniting value for […]

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Whole Foods Market Opens New Chicago Distribution Center

Whole Foods Market joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday to open its new 140,000-s.f. distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The new DC will allow Whole Foods to better serve its 26 Chicagoland locations as well as an additional 34 locations across the Midwest and Eastern Canada, says the natural […]